Online Auction 010 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Writings by Max Nordau – Bibliophile Edition – Germany, 1909 / Letter from Max Nordau

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1. Max Nordau's Zionistische Schriften, issued by the Executive Committee of the Zionist Organization. Cologne and Leipzig: Jüdischer Verlag, 1909. German.
A bibliophile edition printed in honor of Max Nordau's 60th birthday. Two volumes with vellum spines and an relief profile of Nordau on the binding. Each volume is numbered (copy number 10 and copy number 34 out of an edition of an unknown number of copies.). Nordau's portrait appears on the page preceding the title page of volume I.
Volume I: [1] plate, [3] leaves, 245 pp, [1] leaf. Volume II: 260 pp, 23 cm. Good condition. Edges of binding are slightly worn and damaged. Damp stains. Foxing.
2. Typewritten letter hand-signed by Nordau. Paris, June 1902.
In this letter Nordau writes to a publisher who asked for details about publication of Nordau's writings.
22X18 cm. Fair condition. Tears, open tears. Foxing.
Art – Prints and books, German Literature and Bibliophile Books
Art – Prints and books, German Literature and Bibliophile Books